64: Chapter 64 Hundreds of identical faces! The reclusive master Su Yang!

Jiangzhou City Criminal Police Brigade, conference room.

At this moment, the room was thick with smoke, and the atmosphere was suffocatingly oppressive.

The long conference table was filled with people; the chief, deputy chiefs, captains of the major brigades... almost all the high-ranking officials of the Jiangzhou police force were present.

Yet at this moment, their expressions were grim, and their gazes frequently drifted toward a young woman sitting to the left of the main seat.

Their eyes held a hint of reverence, but more so anxiety and a trace of suppressed dissatisfaction.

The woman wore a custom black combat uniform, and her shoulder patch was embroidered with a strange pattern of a skull crossed with a sword—this was the exclusive insignia of the "Supernatural Investigation Bureau".

She was Lin Bing.

As the person in charge of the Jiangzhou branch of the Supernatural Investigation Bureau.

Although young, her rank was half a level higher than the municipal police chief sitting there.

"Officer Lin,"

Finally, a hot-tempered criminal police captain couldn't help but crush his cigarette butt into the ashtray, saying in a deep voice:

"We have been waiting for half an hour! The case is extremely urgent, and every minute, citizens are in danger!"

"Is that reclusive expert you mentioned actually coming or not?"

"If he isn't coming, are we just going to keep waiting? I think we should just call in the SWAT team and launch an assault!"

"That's right, Officer Lin." Someone nearby chimed in, "Although we are just ordinary police officers and can't handle these... dirty things, we shouldn't pin all our hopes on some folk sorcerer, right?"

"And I heard he's just a kid in his early twenties? Isn't this a joke?"

These veteran criminal police officers were all staunch materialists.

Although this case was indeed bizarre, forcing them to seek help from the Supernatural Investigation Bureau.

But seeing that Lin Bing had only called for one outside helper, they felt a bit uneasy, and even found it somewhat absurd.

Lin Bing coldly scanned the crowd, and the Evil Qi honed on the edge of life and death instantly made the conference room quiet down.

"Assault?"

Lin Bing's voice was cold, "Do you know what you are facing this time?"

"The First and Second Teams of the Supernatural Investigation Bureau have gone to the southwest border to handle the Ghost King resurrection incident."

"Right now, in all of Jiangzhou, apart from him, no one can handle this level of supernatural incident."

"If you want to send your men to their deaths, I won't stop you."

Everyone looked at each other, rendered speechless by her retort.

Just then.

"Creak—"

The door of the conference room was pushed open.

Su Yang walked in with his hands in his pockets, stepping with an arrogant swagger.

"Yo, what's with this setup?"

Su Yang scanned the room and waved his hand to disperse the smoke in front of him, "Holding a memorial service? Why are all your faces hanging longer than a donkey's?"

Seeing Su Yang's slacker appearance, the police high-ranking officials present furrowed their brows even tighter.

This is the so-called "expert"?

This is way too unreliable!

"Su Yang! You're finally here!"

Seeing Su Yang, Lin Bing looked as if she had seen a savior and hurriedly went to meet him.

Today, she was wearing a sharp police uniform.

But that heroic face was full of exhaustion and anxiety, and her eyes were a bit dark.

"Stop fooling around, come over and look at this."

Lin Bing grabbed Su Yang and dragged him in front of the big screen.

"This is footage captured at various intersections in the city at 2:00 AM last night."

Su Yang looked up.

The footage was a bit dim, with the characteristic noise of surveillance cameras.

On the empty streets, there should have been no one.

But at this moment, young women wearing pajamas or nightclub attire appeared.

They were not in groups but scattered across different streets, but eerily, their movements were surprisingly identical.

Stiff, mechanical, just like puppets on strings.

The distance of every step taken, and even the amplitude of their arm swings, were exactly the same!

"That's not all, look closely at their faces."

Lin Bing took a deep breath, pressed the pause button, and zoomed in on the image.

When those faces clearly appeared on the screen, even Su Yang, who was knowledgeable and experienced, couldn't help but shrink his pupils slightly.

Those were standard "influencer faces".

European-style large double eyelids, a nose bridge so high it looked fake, a chin sharp enough to poke someone to death, and those overly plumped apple cheeks.

If you looked at them individually, you'd at most think it was excessive plastic surgery.

But now...

In the dozen or so surveillance windows split on the screen, a dozen different women all had this exact same face!

Even the expressions on their faces were the same—

Rigid, hollow, with the corners of their mouths slightly upturned, wearing a strange, mocking arc.

"Holy crap..."

Su Yang couldn't help but remark, "Is this copy-paste? The technology at this plastic surgery hospital is too standardized, right?"

"This is the uncanny valley effect."

The municipal police chief next to him wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Although he was skeptical of Su Yang's attitude, he still bit the bullet and introduced the situation:

"This is just what was captured on surveillance; according to our patrol officers, at least three hundred such women took to the streets last night."

"Patrol officers tried to intercept them, but they didn't follow orders at all; their strength was terrifyingly high, and they even bit several of our brothers."

"Officer Lin..." The criminal police captain who had questioned her earlier looked at Lin Bing, pointing at Su Yang, his tone filled with a bit of distrust, "Is this the Great Master you invited? Can he solve this..."

"Shut up!" Lin Bing glared at him.

Su Yang waved his hand and looked at the criminal police captain with a mocking smile.

"Officer, do you think I don't look like a Great Master?"

"How about this, I see your forehead is dark, and there is Evil Qi entwined between your brows. Did you have a nightmare last night about being chased and bitten by a headless snake?"

"How did you know?!"

The criminal police captain's face changed drastically, and he stood up instantly.

"Sit down, it's just a basic trick."

Su Yang smiled faintly and turned his head to continue looking at the screen, leaving the crowd dumbfounded.

"Alright, let's talk business."

Su Yang narrowed his eyes, "Where did these women end up?"

"North of the city, the unfinished old stadium."

Lin Bing tapped on the electronic map, and a red dot lit up.

"It has been abandoned for several years, and there isn't even a ghost in sight usually."

"But surveillance showed that they all went in last night and haven't come out yet."

Su Yang looked at the red dot, thoughtful.

Hum—!

Just then, Su Yang suddenly felt a violent disturbance from the System space.

It was that golden egg he had just obtained last night!

The golden egg that had been lying quietly in the System space was now trembling wildly.

A strong, eager emotion was transmitted directly into Su Yang's mind.

Hungry! So hungry! Want to eat!

The feeling was like someone who hadn't eaten for three days and three nights suddenly smelling braised pork.

"Hmm?"

Su Yang's heart stirred.

This Divine Beast egg needs to absorb energy to hatch, and now that it's reacting so strongly, could it be...

Is there something highly nourishing hidden in that old stadium?

Or do these clones carry some kind of special energy?

"Interesting."

A glint of light flashed in Su Yang's eyes.

Being able to complete the mission to get the spirit field blueprint and find some food for this "gold-devouring beast" at the same time—this is killing two birds with one stone.

"Officer Lin, since the elites of the Supernatural Investigation Bureau are busy, I'll reluctantly take this mess off your hands."

Su Yang appeased the restless golden egg in the System space and turned to walk out.

"Let's go, lead the way."

"Just... just the two of us?"

Lin Bing paused, "Don't we need to bring heavy weapons? Should I have the municipal police cooperate and call in the SWAT team?"

"Call the SWAT team?"

Su Yang shook his head, "Hundreds of crazy women with immense strength? If the SWAT team goes, they'll just be serving themselves up as food, and might even get bitten."

"Besides, with too many people, the Yang Qi is too strong, which might easily alert the enemy."

"Okay!"

Lin Bing nodded, and the tension in her heart inexplicably dissipated quite a bit.

This guy, although he looks unserious, always gives people an inexplicable sense of security.

"Chief, I'm taking him now!"

Lin Bing grabbed the car keys and quickly followed.

Watching the two leaving, the high-ranking officials in the conference room finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Chief... will this work?" The deputy chief was still a bit worried.

The chief wiped his sweat, took a deep breath, his eyes firm.

"It has to work, even if it doesn't!"

"Even Officer Lin from the Supernatural Investigation Bureau trusts him so much; this kid is definitely not simple!"

"Notify everyone: all police forces are to enforce martial law three kilometers outside the stadium! Don't let even a fly in!"

"As for the rest... leave it to Master Su!"